Lettering This is not the boredom of a Sunday afternoon, “when you know that you’ve had all the baths you can usefully have that day.” This is toxic, spiky boredom. The horror ennui from numbers that keep rising. The enervating tedium of endlessly cycling through news channels, of being unable to stop oneselfContinue reading “Word For The Week”
Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box
The Sixteen, Fiction
Words Another one that started out as a question on a blog post [Ring, Bridge]. Well, not really a question. But a post that left room for questions. In The Errant Moon: Very specific shout-out, the author attempts to reestablish contact with one person. The rest of us were left to twiddle our thumbs.Continue reading “The Sixteen, Fiction”
I Sits
Photography Wiggles holds court in the mop bucket. Stay safe. Stay sane. Katherine Walcott
Will Walk For Bling
Fit To Ride To fill the void left by horse show ribbons in 2020, I have turned to medals for virtual 5K walks. I am aiming for one a month. Done 2019 [Proof of Concept, Race, er, Walk Report, Magic City Run 2019] IRL January [Strolling To A Soundtrack, Walk Report, MLK Day DrumContinue reading “Will Walk For Bling”
The Unbridgeable Abyss That Shall Eternally Divide Them
Adventures in Saddle Seat Enjoy the Ride I’ve spilled a fair amount of electrons comparing saddle seat to other disciplines. There is one place where they will never, ever agree. Wanna taunt a saddle seat trainer? Send photos after you trim manes and tails. Left, Rodney’s mane. Trimmed because he looked like a shaggyContinue reading “The Unbridgeable Abyss That Shall Eternally Divide Them”
In Which Horses Remind Us That They Don’t Care What Is Happening Globally
Horsekeeping Lucky enough to have a horse. After spending April shedding his shoes [To Ride, Saddletime], Rodney continues to be … diverting. Yeah. We’ll go with that, diverting. Let’s look at the timeline. Blacksmith was able to come out right away. Yay. I found the shoe so they were able to quicklyContinue reading “In Which Horses Remind Us That They Don’t Care What Is Happening Globally”
Mood On Monday, Pondering The Moment
Thoughts As custodians of the future, it behooves us to continue our documentation of this historical moment [Whither, Ugly]. The broadest global events are made up of individual moments, individual decisions, individual actions. Therefore, recording our situations as they occur in the flux of time creates the sine qua non of primary sources. WithContinue reading “Mood On Monday, Pondering The Moment”